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This work pack contains nine worksheets/activities on the theme of shopping and cooking skills. It covers topics to improve literacy, numeracy and life skills such as: writing recipes and shopping listsreading and understanding measurements such as 1/2, 1/4, litres and grams in recipesadding up itemsworking out changereading and understanding a recipe budgeting and working out discountsreading and using catalogues.

This booklet contains practical activities to introduce students to the basic skills needed for hospitality: safety, hygiene, equipment, cleaning, employability skills, knife safety and pathways to get work in the hospitality industry. The worksheets are ready to use for classes with minimal preparation. This pack would suit students doing cooking, learning about the hospitality industry or improving employability skills.

This fun activity and worksheet gives students the opportunity to discuss photography and use digital skills for taking photos. This activity is differentiated so students can either further extend their digital skills by uploading or sharing photos and putting these in a Word document to write about or match pre-made sentences to photos taken and printed out by the teacher.

This worksheet gives tips on writing professional emails and an example email. It also has a task where students can practice writing a simple email. This lesson is suitable to students looking to improve their work skills, writing and computer skills. It introduces students to the idea of appropriate email etiquette and why it is important.

This task is designed to help students practice basic design features in Microsoft Word. This can be done to introduce the topic or as part or after some previous teaching on Microsoft Word. It also practices literacy skills through personal writing.

This worksheet and lesson plan takes students through the importance of positive thinking and provides a fun activity to practice making affirmations through a colourful poster. It can be used with younger learners or adults who are looking to improve their work and study skills.

This lesson is designed for students with some basic computer skills to help introduce a unit on social media sites and applications and/or assess what students already know about the topic. It covers types of social media and their uses, discussions and safety. There are four worksheets and teacher notes for extra ideas on how to use these as a lesson.

This worksheet goes through small electrical equipment commonly used in cooking. This can be used as part of a cooking class or an introduction to the hospitality industry. It also looks at important safety considerations to take into account with these pieces of equipment.

This lesson introduces some basic cooking equipment to students for cooking activities or an introductory to the hospitality industry. Students discuss 10 useful pieces of equipment in the kitchen, discuss its use and recipes that use it. Students also practice writing what this equipment is to develop literacy skills.

This worksheet is designed for students with some basic computer skills to help introduce a unit on the Microsoft Office applications or assess what students already know on the topic. It is a simple and visual resource with teacher notes to show how it can be used in a lesson or a wider unit.